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SUNDEL v. JUSTICES OF SUPER. COURT OF STATE OF R.I.

No. 83-1702.

728 F.2d 40 (1984)

William A. SUNDEL, Petitioner, Appellant, v. JUSTICES OF the SUPERIOR COURT OF the STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, Respondents, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 29, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Young, New York City, for petitioner, appellant.

Kenneth P. Madden, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Dennis J. Roberts II, Atty. Gen., Providence, R.I., was on brief, for respondents, appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BREYER, Circuit Judge, and PETTINE, Senior District Judge.

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

William Sundel was tried in Rhode Island state court on serious drug charges. David Breitbart, a New York lawyer, appeared pro hac vice to defend him, along with "associate" (or "local") counsel John O'Neill. O'Neill also represented Sundel's codefendant. During the course of pretrial proceedings, the trial judge began to fear that Breitbart's representation of his client was inadequate, perhaps...

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